Gland-packing.



No. 660,523. Patented 0st. 23, |900.

J. WALKER. GLAND PACKING.

(Appl cnt on 1 d Apr 25 1900) (No lpdel.)

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JAMES WALKER, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

GLAND-PACKING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,523, dated October 23, 1900.

Application led April 25. 1900.

To all whom, it rita/y concern.'

Beit known that I, J AMES WALKER,a citizen of Great Britain, and a resident of Poplar, London, E., England, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in and Relating to Gland-Packings, (for which I have applied for patent in Great Britain, No. 19,131, dated September 22, 1899,) of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to the manufacture of gland-packings, and has for its object to produce a packing which while occasioning the minimum of friction in use will be capable of being tightly and effectively forced to its work by fluid-pressure and so as to occasion no leakage of iinid.

The invention is applicable for any kind of packing-glands or stufngboxes for steam, water, air, gas, or other fluids.

The invention consist-s in providing the packing of hollow or substantially cup or V- shaped crosssection, so that by the pressure space thus formed and the surface thereby afforded for the application of fluid-pressure and for the wedge action of the superposed rings or layers a f1uid-tight joint is secured, and any irregularities in the diameter of the rod or box are made good.

The invention also consists in providing packing from metal turnings or shavings with a cover or envelop that permits ot' rings or layers being formed to the required section and that allows of the rings or layers being wholly withdrawn from the gland or box in the case of renewal.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a section and an elevation of packing construct-ed according to my invention. Figs. 3 and 4 are a section and an elevation of a modified form thereof. Fig. 5 is a section through another modification shown in position in the packinggland. Fig. 6 is an elevation of this form of packing. Figs. 7 and 8 are sections of further modifications. Fig. 9 is an elevation of one form of packing having a plaited covering.

In carrying the invention into effect the packing may be produced from sheet metal stamped or otherwise formed in rings of su bstantially cup or V section, as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4. The rings A are placed one upon Serial No. 14,365. (No model.)

may'loe of any suitable tiling D, of metal turnings or shavings or the like, incased in a woven cover or envelop E of any desired material, such as wire, asbestos, or cotton cloth, or a combination of metallic' Wire and fiber or other suitable material for the purpose of retaining the filing in shape. The cover or envelop may be woven in the form of a tube and filled with the turnings or shavings and pressed up to the desired shape and size. I prefer the U shape illustrated in Fig. 5, having the central fluid-pressure space E and with the upper edges Kiformed inclined and liar-ing and the lower edge K formed angular and tapering in order that the angular lower edge of one strip may fit within and wedge apart the upper Haring edges of the next strip whenpressure is brought to bear thereon. l also prefer to employ as a filler turnings or shavings of soft metal, such as an alloy of lead and tin. However, any other suitable lling may be employed-such as asbestos, rubber, or graphite, with or without metal turnings or shavings.

No limitation is placed to the actual shape of the rings, which may, for example, be

formed N or W shape in cross-section, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, respectively.

Instead of the cover or envelop E being formed of woven wire or fiber it may bel plaited, as illustrated in Fig. 9, or lubricating metal or wire shaving may be introduced in the manufacture of the cover.

From the foregoing it is obvious thata packing composed of a number of layers or strips 0f U-packing telescoped one within the other is most eficient, for as the steam or other fluid attempts to pass through the gland it irst enters the pressure-space E of the first IOO ringt and forces the edges of that ring against the rod R and glantl G, giving t'lierent ire ringa slight outward movement, and thereby forcing out the edges of the ring therebeneath by Wedge action, so that the steam-pressure is exerted upon a nunlber ofthe layers at their outwardly-projecting edges and at the :same time there is a progressive Wedge action from the first layer outwardly, with the result that r a perfect joint is secured.

Having fully described my invention in deliail, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv l. A packing"A consisting of a number of rings, each ring being substantially cup shape in cross-section with a free central opening forming a Iiuidpressure space, said rings be ing superposer! so that the bottom of one wedges within the pressure-space of they-next to force its top edges apart and into contact with the stationary and moving bodies respectively, substantially as described.

2. A packingconsisting of a number of rings sul'istantially cup shape in cross-section with a flee central opening forming a fluidpressure space, each ring having an angular pressure space, each ring comprising a filler contained Within a casing and shaped to form an angular bottom edge and Haring top ed ges,

said rings being` superposed so that the bot.v

tom angular edge of one Wedges within the Haring top edgesot the next to force said top edges apart and into contact with the stationary and moving bodies respectively, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 'hand in presence of two Witnesses.

vJAMEs WALKER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM EDWARD EVANS, ANTON PAULI. 

